Conductor s check



(No Model.) I

J. BAGKUS.

GONDUGTORS CHECK.

Patented Nova 4 7: 2 I J? W NITED STATES JOHN BACKUS, OF SAGINAWV, MICHIGAN.

COND'UCTORS CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,518, dated November 4, 1884. Application filed March 5, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: made the conductor tears off the carbon piece, Be it known that 1, JOHN BAoKUs, of Sagiwhich he retains, and tears off the check from naw, in the county of Saginaw and State of r the block for the passenger. In his trip-report Michigan, have invented new and useful Imthe conductor accounts for all the missing provements in Conductors Checks and I checks from the block by his duplicate on the hereby declarethat the following is a full, uncolored side of the carbon paper. This clear, and exact description thereof, reference carbon paper may be made of any color debeing had to the accompanyingdrawing,which sired, the word carbon in this connection forms a part of this specification. being simply used as a common .method of This invention relates to certain new and speaking with relation to duplicatingpaper, useful improvements in the manufacture of and of course it makes no difference what conductors checks of that class which are is kind of pencil or pen is employed in the opsued by the conductor to the passenger payeration. 3y making these blocks-say with ing his fare on the train; and it consists in the fifty checks or cards and a corresponding peculiar construction and arrangement of number of carbon sheetsany deficiency in parts, as hereinafter more particularly dethe returns of the conductor can be at once scribed and claimed.

detected by counting the number of checks In the accompanying drawing, which forms left in the block. a part of this specification, A represents a I am aware of Patent No. 285,791, and make block composed of cards of proper size, interno claim to the construction shown therein as leaved with carbon paper colored upon but forming part of my invention. one side, all being of the same size and se- NVhat I claim as my invention is cured together upon one or two edges in the A book or block composed of a number of usual way of blocking blank paper. sets of leaves. each set being composed of a In the drawing the uncolored side of the bottom thick leaf and a top leaf of carbon colcarbon paper is presented with figures as ored on the under side only, substantially as made by the conductor, giving the numbers shown and described. of stations to and from which the passenger is entitled to a seat, and the amount paid. By the side of the block is shown a check to be given to the passenger, which is a duplicate of the carbon paper. WVhen this check is JOHN BACKUS.

Vitnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SOULLY. 

